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Spaying and Neutering is the Law in Tulsa

Healthy animals face early death as a form of animal control. Others are left to face starvation, automobiles, the elements, and cruelty. Spaying or neutering pets to prevent unwanted offscpring can help save millions of animals from dismal fates.

Tulsa animal ordinances require all dogs and cats be spayed or neutered by the age of six months unless the owner secures an exemption. The ordinance states:

“Section 101.OFFENSES

It shall be an offense under the terms of this chapter for any owner within the Corporate limits of the City of Tulsa to harbor, keep or possess a dog or cat over the age of six months, other than a dog owned and used by the Police Department of the City as a police dog, which has not been spayed or neutered, unless the owner has secured a hobbyist exemption permit.”

Pet Adoption Links

Here are some hyperlinks to agencies and organizations dedicated to finding homes for our less fortunate neighbors.

Tulsa Animal Welfare Shelter — Information about Tulsa’s animal ordinances and shelter services. The Tulsa Animal Shelter is located at 3031 North Erie Avenue. It is open to the public Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. You can call them at 918-669-6299.

Tulsa SPCA — Tulsa Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a non-profit organization, is one of the longest-established animal rescue groups in Oklahoma.

PAWS (Pet Assistance & Welfare Society, Inc.) — PAWS was put together by a small group of volunteers that had been volunteering at the Tulsa Animal Shelter. These volunteers saw a need to be able to raise funds to help some of the animals at the shelter and to put in place a low cost and free spay/neuter clinic to help alleviate Tulsa’s serious pet overpopulation problem. They weren’t able to do this in their current Volunteers In Police Service (VIPS) capacity, so they formed PAWS.

ALBC (American Livestock Breeds Conservancy — The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization working to protect over 150 breeds of livestock and poultry from extinction. Included are asses, cattle, goats, horses, sheep, pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys. Founded in 1977, the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is the pioneer organization in the U.S. working to conserve historic breeds and genetic diversity in livestock.

Thanks to the kindness of volunteers with ARF and other organizations who help place pets in homes, I have been able over the years to place many abandoned pets who found there way to our farm in Claremore.

This web page is dedicated to those agencies and volunteers. Please help them with your time and money whenever possible.

Furzoff.net — Fur-Zoff is designed to remove pet hair from the fabrics of your life. Its hair scaled raking action does not harm the fabric but rolls the hair up for easy removal. In the home or auto you have not seen anything that works this easily and it never wears out.

The Green Equestrian — A blog that claims to be “an ‘outpost’ for all equestrians seriously involved or interested in ‘green.’ An equestrian knowledge-base dedicated to environmental issues in the equine industry as well as to the maintenance and preservation of the cultural factor HORSE.”

Equestrian Pony Parties — And you thought there was no possible way to turn your child’s mount into a tax deductible business expense!

World Equestrian Trail Riding Services — World Equestrian Trail Riders Services (WETRS) was created to meet the needs of equestrians to preserve our trails, forests and natural vegetation for future generations to enjoy, putting a strong emphasis on maintaining environmentally-friendly practices on the trail and within equestrian communities.

American Horse Publications — American Horse Publications (AHP) is a non-profit association established in 1970 to promote better understanding and communications within the equine publishing industry.

RiderMate.com — Free online dating site for horse singles, horse lovers, and horse friends. A club for all sincere and serious horse people! Ridermate.com is a place where thousands of active and unrestrained horse people meet, date, become friends and more in the pursuit of the same dream as you have. Whether you are looking for horse singles, horse friends or you are interested in finding other horse lovers to chat with or someone who loves polo, rodeo, jumping, endurance riding, fox hunting, trail riding, horse racing, dressage, cowboy mounted and action shooting.